Kamara Sue Cris

Tweets to inform on e-waste issues

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@GreenGertrude if only google could save us from a pandemic. thanks for the great, real-time source to fuel my obsession!

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Presenting our e-waste project!

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A clear principle is that sending e-waste to landfills or incinerators should be strictly prohibited.

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Developed nations should not sell their ewaste but dispose of it properly.

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Chinas e-waste disasters reveals that commonly used recycling practices can harm the environment more than the waste itself.

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China banned the import of ewaste in 2000. The labor-intensive nature of electronics recycling has perpetuated a black market in the trade

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In China and elsewhere have concern about the large quantities of ewastethat wealthy countries continue to dump in the developing world

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it would reduce GH gas emissions equal to taking 1,368 cars off the road for a year.

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Fewer than 20% of cell phones are recycled each year but if we recycled just a million cellphones,

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One hundred thirty million cell phones are retired each year.

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Ewatse often contain useful materials such as precious metals,glass,&plastics that should be recovered rather than buried in a landfill.

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The European Union banned e-waste from landfills in the 1990's, and current laws hold manufacturers responsible for e-waste disposal.

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Cathode ray tubes in older TVs and computers typically contain about 4 lbs of lead and sometimes as much as 7 lbs.

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Flat panel computer monitors and notebooks often contain small amounts of mercury in the bulbs used to light them.

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It’s energy efficient to rebuild old computers, but only about 2% of PCs ever find their way to a second user.

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In 2005 US threw away 47 million computers, up from 20 million in 98.

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Bc computer processing power doubles every two years, many old computers are being abandoned.

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E-waste represents 2% of America's trash in landfills, but it equals 70% of overall toxic waste.

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The nation now dumps between 300 million and 400 million electronic items per year, and less than 20% of that e-waste is recycled.

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The EU has adopted a directive requiring producers of electronics to recover and recycle e-waste.